[Battlemesh] battlemesh v4 sponsorship

[Albert Homs i Gall]

Didn't find any other adrres, somebody can help?

2011/1/26 Benjamin Henrion <bh at udev.org>

> I doubt you will get an answer by writing to "info at ubnt.com".
>
> Either you know someone inside Ubiquity...
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Albert Homs i Gall
> <alberthoms at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I write you on behalf of the battemesh organization, hosted in this 4th
> > version by guifi.net open network
> > What is it?
> > The wireless battle mesh is a kind-of a tournament between open source
> mesh
> > routing protocols. Previous events had been a very productive meetings
> where
> > developers, networking activists, academics shared knowledge. Protocols
> also
> > improved in every event, since developers are looking at a real mesh
> network
> > usage they can solve bugs, test new implementations and use others ideas
> and
> > so improve their protocols
> > Where is it?
> > This v4 will take place near Barcelona form the 16th to the 20th of march
> > Who will be there?
> > We expect for this event about 50 people, mostly from european countries.
> > They are openwrt developers, mesh routing protocols developers,
> networking
> > academics and students and open networks activists. In addition during
> the
> > weekend the guifi.net yearly event will take place in the same venue and
> we
> > expect for this about 50 to 100 people more
> > How it works?
> > During the first days developers get their packages ready to be installed
> on
> > the devices to be deployed. Now we use near a 100 foneras using openwrt
> as
> > main software. After all the devices are ready they are deployed all over
> > the testing area and some test are performed: packet loss, bandwith
> > available, routing loops detection...
> > After all the tests are made results are analyzed and shared to the
> > comunnity and one protocol wins (or not) since it performs better than
> > others
> >
> > Why we need your help?
> > Mainly for two reasons:
> > 1-. Travel budget: we would like to share this event with people from
> > outside Europe, but as you will suppose travel expenses prevents people
> from
> > getting to the event. It'll be very kind if you cover part of this costs
> > 2-. Hardware: we use mainly fonera since it's a very cheap hardware but
> > needless to say that those devices are really outdated. Since your
> hardware
> > had proven to be really good and reliable and quite openwrt-friendly
> it'll
> > be a really good chance to stress them up and see how they perform. A
> > donation of several of your devices (picostation's or similar) would be
> of
> > great help
> > Why it will useful for you?
> > For several reasons:
> > 1-. Since all the code used is FOSS you'll have a real benchmark and
> it'll
> > be easier to decide if it's worth implementing some of it to your devices
> > 2-. Since big part of the world's community networks will be present your
> > help will be a great marketing operation between these early adopters and
> > encourage their networks to use more off your stuff
> > 3-. Your FOSS helper reputation will increase
> > 4-. Some folks will discover your existence (if's there is still someone
> > that doesn't know your devices :P)
> > 5-. Internet visibility when your collaboration is spread all over in
> blogs,
> > social networks, web sites and so on
> > Where can you get more info?
> > At the event site www.battlemesh.org
> > At wbm4 at exo.cat
> > By phone +34622179026
> > Waiting for your reply
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> >
>
>
>
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